STS-94 Payload Specialist Roger K. Crouch is helped into his
launch/entry suit by a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout
(O&C) Building after the suit has been given a pressure test. He is
the Chief Scientist of the NASA Microgravity Space and Applications
Division. He also has served as a Program Scientist for previous
Spacelab microgravity missions and is an expert in semiconductor
crystal growth. Since Crouch has more than 25 years of experience as a
materials scientist, he will be concentrating on the five physics of
materials processing experiments in the Middeck Glovebox Facility on
the Blue shift. He will also share the workload with Thomas by
monitoring the materials furnace experiments during this time. Crouch
and six fellow crew members will shortly depart the O&C and head for
Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Columbia will lift off during
a launch window that opens at 1:50 a.m. EDT, July 1. The launch window
was opened 47 minutes early to improve the opportunity to lift off
before Florida summer rain showers reached the space center.
(Photo Release Date: 07/01/97
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